Icy Phoenix :: View topic - Minimum Post Length

I recall the ability to set the minimum post length in an older version of a board I used with just PHPBB2 or maybe 3. I have been using IP for a year or so now and have begun having the problem of too many members just posting a simple "y" or worse yet a single smiley.

I have looked through the posts here and done some searches but I can not find a setting to limit the posts to require a minimum of a certain number of words or characters. Is this available for IP or as a mod?

Edit:

I just found my own answer. Found it on phpbbhacks site. It was a simple mod or hack designed for phpbb2 i think. Anyhow needed a few syntax changes to fit with IP,, I made it work by

OPEN Posting.php
FIND

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elseif ($submit || $confirm || ($draft && $draft_confirm))

{

Should be around line 1094
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elseif ($submit || $confirm || ($draft && $draft_confirm))

{

        if('mode' != "delete")

        {

        	// Set up minimum post length

       		$briansTmp = $HTTP_POST_VARS['message'];

       		$briansTmp = trim($briansTmp);

        	if (strlen($briansTmp) < 9)

        	{

                	$error_msg = 'Message is too short.';

                	$error = true;

        	}

        }

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